Earthquake exposure during adolescence and later-life depressive symptoms: A national cross-sectional survey

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to examine the association between exposure to the 1976 Great Tangshan Earthquake (GTE) in adolescence and later-life depressive symptoms and to investigate the potential mechanisms underlying this association.

Methods

Data were from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The 10-item short form of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD-10) was chosen to measure depressive symptoms. We used the difference-in-difference (DID) method, binary logistic regression models, and multilevel logistic regression models to explore the association of earthquake exposure during adolescence with later-life depressive symptoms. Additionally, multilevel mediation analysis with structural equation modeling (MMSEM) w

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature